Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 23, Issue 10, Pages 1759-1763Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00152-3
Keywords
amylase; coconut pest; digestive enzyme release; FMRF amide; leucomyosupressin; leucosulfakinins; neuropeptide; Opisina arenosella; perisulfakinin; protease
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The insect neuropeptides FMRF amide, leucomyosupressin (LMS) and neuropeptide analogues leucosulfakinins (FLSK and LSK 11 Ser (SO3H)), perisulfakinin (PSK), proleucosulfakinin (PLSK), 14A[phi1]WP-I, 542phi1, and 378A[5b]WP-I were assayed for their effects on the release of amylase and protease from the midgut tissue of larvae of Opisina arenosella. In the bioassay, empty midgut tubes ligated at both ends using hair were incubated with insect saline containing neuropeptides/analogues in a bioassay apparatus at 37 degreesC for 30 min. After incubation the contents of the midgut preparations were analyzed for amylase and protease activity. In control experiments, the midgut preparations were incubated in insect saline without neuropeptides. The results of the study reveal that for stimulating amylase release from midgut tissue, the peptides require an FXRF amide (X may be methionine or leucine) sequence at the C-terminal. The presence of HMRF amide at C-terminal of peptides may inhibit the release of amylase. Meanwhile, peptides with both FMRF and HMRF amide sequence at the C-terminal are found to be effective in stimulating protease release. The tetrapeptide segment at the C-terminal probably represent the active core of the neuropeptide. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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